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| War Works |
| The before photo |
| The handle, Before... |
| Probing with the knife |
| I stopped for a shameless photo opp while conducting a post blast on my own vehicle... |
| VS-50 Anti-personnel Land mine found on a clearance operation along with my knife and vest. |
| © Copyright 2007 George Knives |
| My time in Iraq has changed some of my views on the carry and use of knives and gear in general. Some of the things that I used to hold dear as nonnegotiable have lost some of their importance. Some of the things that I thought trivial in the past have turned out to be more important than I thought. The knife that I made there was made very simple, due to the fact that I had very simple tools and not even a vise to hold the thing in as I worked. It was designed as a brute tool of force. Other than a few small tweaks here and there, I could not be happier with the way it turned out. The chisel ground edge works well when it's time to pry things, as the geometry of the single side grind gives you different angles to use to your advantage. The tanto style point takes most of the abuse on the tip when used to dig and poke around in the ground, leaving the main edge almost untouched. A few small changes to the lines of the grip and this will be pretty much what I think the combat EOD knife should be all about. I'll be making some more, incorporating these changes, to send out to see if I can get closer to that goal. |
| It just didn't seem right that when I got to Iraq and I didn't have one of my own knives. So I put a call out, and had some materials and hand tools sent out. Here is the result. It's kind of a rough finish, but all things considered, it's a small matter... 5160 Blade, Steel Guard, 550 Cord Wrapped Handle. |